Proclamation
Subtitle: Whereas it becomes us humbly to approach the throne of Almighty God ... Resolved, that it be recommended to the several states, to appoint Thursday, the ninth of December next, to be a day of public and solemn thanksgiving ... Done in Congress, the twentieth day of October ... one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine ...
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 16557
Publisher: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin.
Published: 1779
Place of publication: Hartford
Language: eng
Notes: Followed by: By His Excellency Jonathan Trumbull, Esquire ... A proclamation for a day of thanksgiving. I have thought fit on the foregoing recommendation ... Given under my hand, in the Council chamber at Hartford, the first day of November ... one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine ...

Evans 16557